Europe’s media look on in bemusement at post-Brexit ‘revolving door’ of UK prime ministers

<p>Front pages across the continent reflect on Britain’s political turmoil after Starmer becomes sixth prime minister to quit since 2016</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jun/23/uk-eu-brexit-visegrad-four-czech-republic-hungary-poland-slovakia-latest-news-updates">Europe live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>In Germany, Downing Street was likened to a transit station, given the regular comings and goings of different prime ministers and staff. Meanwhile, a bemused Spanish newspaper concluded No 10 seemed to have been fitted with a revolving door.</p><p>As news outlets across Europe digested the implications of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/22/burnham-prepares-power-emotional-starmer-uk-prime-minister-resignation">Keir Starmer’s precipitous fall from landslide election winner to ousted prime minister</a>, many also focused on a wider reality – Britain’s once much vaunted political stability was a thing of the past.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/23/urope-media-bemusement-downing-street-post-brexit-revolving-door">Continue reading...</a>